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From: Philip and Ann Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection (n.p.: privately printed, 1990), 4
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Stand

Object number

RIF996

Maker

Maker Unknown

Dimensions

Height: 25 3/4 in. (65.405 cm) Diameter: 15 1/2 in. (39.37 cm)

Date

1740–80

Current location

Private collection

Geography

Made in Rhode Island
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Medium

Mahogany (primary); birch (cleat)

Marks

None

Inscriptions

None

Provenance

Israel Sack, Inc., New York, 1985; sold to Ann Holzer (1917–1999) and Philip Holzer (1919–2011), Great Neck, New York, 1986

Associated names

Israel Sack, Inc.
Ann Holzer
Philip Holzer

Notes

The combination of shell-carved knees and claw and ball feet is rare on Rhode Island tripod-based tables.

Bibliography

American Antiques from Israel Sack Collection, 10 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Highland House Publishers, 1957–1989), vol. 8, p. 2157, P5660, ill.
Philip Holzer, Philip and Ann Holzer Collection (n.p.: privately printed, 1990), 10–11, no. 4, fig. 4.1–4.2.